[TxMt] Re: TextEdit opens intead

[William Pickens]

try removing it from the dock and adding it back.

does this happen as well when opening TM from the applications folder?

On Nov 22, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Tad Lamb wrote:

> 
> Walter,
> 
> Thanks for the reply.  Yes, believe it or not, when I click the TextMate
> icon in the Dock TextEdit opens up instead of TextMate.  I checked my
> default for text files and it is set to Smultron.
> 
> I've been a Mac user for about 3 years now, but something like this is still
> magic for me.  I don't know how to 'open up the hood' and edit what happens
> when a Dock icon is clicked.  Also, as further confirmation, I typed 'mate'
> in the Console and TextEdit opened up that way too.
> 
> - Tad
> 
> 
> Walter Lee Davis wrote:
>> 
>> Are you saying that you double-click on the TextMate icon in your
>> Applications folder and TextEdit opens instead? I've never heard that one. 
>> 
>> If you're saying that you double-click on a text FILE and TE opens it
>> instead of TM, that's understandable and easy to fix. Click on one such
>> text file in your Finder, and choose Get Info (Command-I). In the
>> inspector panel, look for the Open With section, and choose TM. Then click
>> the Open all documents with this application (not the actual words,
>> something like that) and confirm that you really mean it. Should fix the
>> problem permanently (or until the next major sun-spot event...).
>> 
>> Walter
>> 
>> On Nov 22, 2011, at 11:36 AM, Tad Lamb wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Recently, when I try to open TextMate, TextEdit opens up instead.  I
>>> cannot
>>> figure out how to launch TextMate.  I think this started happening around
>>> the time I upgraded to Lion, but I am not sure if there is any
>>> connection.
>>> 
>>> I rebooted one time and was about to launch TextMate, but now even if I
>>> reboot it still brings up TextEdit.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your help,
>>> 
>>> - Tad
>> 
>> 
>> 
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